Thank you all.
With this we close the 2023 MotoGP season. Thank you all for joining us in this intense season with an exciting finale, it has been a pleasure being with all of you. See you all again very soon!
Top 9 of the MotoGP World Championship
This is how the MotoGP World Championship has turned out with Bagnaia as world champion
Top 9 of the Valencia Grand Prix
These are the first nine finishers of the Valencia Grand Prix
PECCO BAGNAIA TWO WORLD CHAMPION
The Italian driver finished the race in style, winning to celebrate his second title in the premier class.
BAGNAIA WINS AND IS WORLD CHAMPION. TOTAL PARTY AT DUCATI
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🏁 Lap 27/27
We enter the last lap
🏁 Lap 26/27
Di Giannantonio overtakes Zarco and now goes after Bagnaia. Two laps left
🏁 Lap 25/27
Di Giannantonio will arrive and will fight for the race with Zarco and Bagnaia
🏁 Lap 23/27
Five laps to go and a comfortable finish for Bagnaia who leads the race and is already world champion. While Di Giannantonio is third
🏁 Lap 19/27
MILLER FALLS WHEN HE WAS FIRST. Bagnaia now leads the race
🏁 Lap 17/27
Sanction to Binder, who will have to lose a position
🏁 Lap 16/27
Binder touches Álex Márquez. The South African could be sanctioned for that action
🏁 Lap 15/27
Binder sneaks in, when he was leading and now he is sixth
The moment Jorge Martín arrived at his box
El aplauso del Pramac Racing a Jorge Martín 👏
El recibimiento de su box a la llegada de un piloto que peleó el Mundial hasta el final#ValenciaGP 🇪🇸 #MotoGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/qU9hJyXlmb — DAZN España (@DAZN_ES) November 26, 2023
🏁 Lap 12/27
Binder and Miller lead, 1-2 the KTM
🏁 Lap 11/27
Falls of Bastianini and Raúl Fernández. While Marc Márquez went to the medical center after the fall with an emotional Jorge Martín
The moment when Jorge Martín touched Marc Márquez
MORE AND MORE AND MORE DRAMA! IT'S OVER! 😱😱😱@88jorgemartin and @marcmarquez93 CRASH OUT! The @pramaracing IS OUT OF CONTENTION 💥#ValenciaGP 🏁 | #PECCOvsMARTIN pic.twitter.com/tp9XYIux56 — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
🏁 Lap 6/27
THE WORLD CUP IS OVER.
Jorge Martín and Marc Márquez go down and Bagnaia is already world champion
🏁 Lap 5/27
Jorge Martín continues with his climb now fighting with Viñales
This has been the start of the Valencia Grand Prix
🚦 LIGHTS OUT FOR THE DECIDER 🚦@PeccoBagnaia gets a clean start but @88jorgemartin is already up to 2nd! 🚀#ValenciaGP 🏁 | #PECCOvsMARTIN pic.twitter.com/TfXLNIMunR — MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
🏁 Lap 3/27
Jorge Martín's mistake when he was going to overtake Bagnaia and the Spaniard loses many positions
🚦 THE RACE BEGINS
Good start from Bagnaia who is still the leader and Jorge Martín comes back and is now in second position
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Warm-up lap
Same tire for the two riders who are playing for the MotoGP World Championship
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Who will win the MotoGP World Championship?
Pecco Bagnaia or Jorge Martín, place your bets
Who will add their name to the Tower of Champions? 🏆#ValenciaGP 🏁 | #PECCOvsMARTIN pic.twitter.com/XmGG4f24iO
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
We remember the starting grid with a last minute change
Finally Bagnaia will start from first position due to a penalty from Viñales of three positions in the wam up.
The first plot twist of the day! 🤯
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
Maverick will launch from 4th as a result of a 3-place penalty for ignoring black flag with orange disk in the Warm Up 👀#ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/qkB9rwpkQY
Day of emotions for Marc Márquez
The Spanish rider will close his time at Repsol Honda today after winning everything with this bike. Marc finished on the podium yesterday in the sprint race and will look to repeat it in the long race to finish his career in the Japanese team. Next season he will race with Gresini along with his brother, Alex Márquez
Hoy no es un domingo cualquiera... Gracias por este viaje inolvidable❤️ @hrc_motogp.
— Marc Márquez (@marcmarquez93) November 26, 2023
Today is not just another Sunday. Thanks for this unforgettable trip.#MM93 #ValenciaGP pic.twitter.com/yoxRtzsGm1
Zarco, the fastest in the Warm Up
The French driver was the fastest in the last session before the race. Binder and Jorge Martín were left behind, while Bagnaia could only be 12th
Final Warm Up with @pramacracing and he tops it! 🏁@JohannZarco1 leads @BradBinder_33 and @88jorgemartin 🔝
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 26, 2023
#ValenciaGP 🏁 | #PECCOvsMARTIN pic.twitter.com/FrvOky134m
Jorge Martín's options to be world champion
The Spaniard has to overcome Bagnaia by 14 points to win the World Cup, this is what he needs
The options for Pecco Bagnaia to be World Champion
This is what has to happen for the Italian to be MotoGP World Champion
WE CAME BACK
In a few minutes the Valencia Grand Prix race will start, with which the World Cup will be decided, both the preview and the minute by minute of the race can be followed here in VAVEL
Don't leave here to follow the Valencia Grand Prix
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What time is the Valencia Grand Prix in MotoGP?
This is the time the race starts in several countries:
Argentina: 8:00 AM
Bolivia: 8:00 AM
Brazil: 9:00 AM
Chile: 8:00 AM
Colombia: 7:00 AM
Ecuador: 7:00 AM
USA (ET): 10:00 AM
Spain: 15:00 PM
Mexico: 8:00 AM
Paraguay: 8:00 AM
Peru: 8:00 AM
Uruguay: 8:00 AM
Venezuela: 8:00 AM
England: 13:00 AM
Australia: 22:00 AM
India: 17:30 AM
Jorge Martín wins the sprint and will fight the World Cup until the end
Jorge Martín's comeback to leave the World Cup alive until the last moment. Of course, Bagnaia has a 14-point advantage. The Spaniard took risks in all the overtakes and ended up winning his eighth sprint race of the season
The man from Madrid, after winning the race on Saturday, commented that he had taken the chance running with the middle and the soft back, "we were going a little to the limit, but I gave it my all. It was going for the victory or falling. Hopefully tomorrow with the right tires we will win.
🏁 #TissotSprint 🏁
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 25, 2023
It's all or nothing for tomorrow! @88jorgemartin storms to his 9th win on a Saturday 🥇#ValenciaGP 🏁 | #PECCOvsMARTIN pic.twitter.com/2LFyQPWj0s
Top 10 of the sprint race
1. Jorge Martín (12 pts)
2. Brad Binder (9 pts)
3. Marc Márquez (7 pts)
4. Maverick Viñales (6 pts)
5. Francesco Bagnaia (5 pts)
6. Fabio Di Giannantonio (4 pts)
7.Marco Bezzecchi (3 pts)
8. Alex Márquez (2 pts)
9. Johann Zarco (1 pto)
10. Augusto Fernández (0 pts).
Viñales achieves his first pole with the Aprilia
Maverick Viñales has taken first position from Bagnaia and achieved his first pole of the season. Maverick becomes the eighth different driver to take pole position this season.
POOOOOOOLE POSITION FOR TOP GUN! 🚀
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) November 25, 2023
Maverick Viñales is the first rider to set a 1:28 around Valencia! Hats off👏#ValenciaGP 🏁 pic.twitter.com/fCzOoaxBx1
Starting grid of the Valencia Grand Prix
1. Vinales
2. Bagnaia
3. Zarco
4.Miller
5. Brad Binder
6. Jorge Martin
7. Bezzecchi
8. Alex Marquez
9. Marc Marquez
10. Raul Fernandez
11. Di Giannantonio
12. Aleix Espargaro
13. Augusto Fernandez
14. Bastianini
15. Fabio Quartararo
16. Nakagami
17. Luca Marini
18. Pol Espargaro
19. Morbidelli
20. Alex Rins
21. Savadori
Latest winners of the Valencia Grand Prix
2002: Alex Barros
2003: Valentino Rossi
2004: Valentino Rossi
2005: Marco Melandri
2006: Troy Bayliss
2007: Dani Pedrosa
2008: Casey Stoner
2009: Dani Pedrosa
2010: Jorge Lorenzo
2011: Casey Stoner
2012: Dani Pedrosa
2013: Jorge Lorenzo
2014: Marc Marquez
2015: Jorge Lorenzo
2016: Jorge Lorenzo
2017: Dani Pedrosa
2018: Andrea Doviszioso
2019: Marc Marquez
2020: Franco Morbidelli
2021: Francesco Bagnai
2022: Alex Rins
Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo with four victories each have been the ones who have won the most in the Valencia Grand Prix in the premier category.
The circuit
The race will be held at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, located in the Valencian Community. This circuit has a length of 4,005 kilometers and 13 curves, eight on the left and five on the right. It also has a capacity for 120,000 spectators.
Valencia Grand Prix
We have reached the last MotoGP event of the year and the World Championship is still to be decided. For the second year in a row, the world championship will be decided in the last race. Bagnaia, like last year, arrives in Valencia with an advantage, this time with 21 points ahead of the Spanish Jorge Martín
Welcome to VAVEL.COM's coverage of the Valencia Grand Prix in MotoGP
My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your host for this race. We will provide you with pre-race analysis and news here on VAVEL.